A Star Is Born
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Movie Review: A STAR IS ASTOUNDING1
Summary: 5 Stars
I love all of the great musicals. Fred, Gene, Doris day, Betty Grable, The Sound Of Music, Caberet, and so on up to this day. I have seen most of them and still intend to see the ones I have missed. Old and new alike ! However, when you take a talent like Judy Garland and James Mason you are taken completely by surprise by their power and intimacy. Not before or since has this story been portrayed so well. It has stood the test of time simply because it is honest and does not follow a trendy style which would date it. For Garland and Mason this movie was and will always be one of the greatest of their careers. We have the privelage of being astounded at their greatness and sad at the fact that Judy and James were robbed of the Oscar that year. Still they have a movie that we remember and love, which is more to the point. Who cares who won what for what at the end of the day 'A Star is Born ' is the ultimate winner. It's a smash of a movie, and worth seeing. Nuff said......Movie Review: Garland's musical genius makes "Star" special
Summary: 5 Stars
Recently I saw a 2 hour documentary on the musical lyricist, Johnny Mercer and it was noted in it that Mercer had an affair with a very young 19 yr old starlet by the name of Judy Garland. However Mercer's wife heard about it and confronted Ms Garland and read her the riot act--thus for as long as he lived, Mercer's feelings for Garland never changed. In fact the song, "I Remember You", is his love poem to Judy. After seeing this film several times, one can why. Though I do like the 1937 version with Janet Gaynor and Frederic March, this one is special because of Garland's musical genius. And the songs, everyone tailor made for her talents such as "The Man That Got Away", "Born in a Trunk", etc. Also outside of Judy, James Mason delivers an iconic performance as the doomed Norman Maine. So if you have to pick between the '37 version or this one--choose this for Garland and by the way, forget about the terrible 1976 Streisand version.Movie Review: A STAR IS BORN IS REBORN
Summary: 5 Stars
What more could possibly be said that has not been said before.I placed my order for this DVD months ago and waited patiently for the arrival.. Well, needless to say it arrived this morning and I have been sitting here speechless and in awe of the treasure i have purchased.. It truly is a remarkable restoration on DVD and the extra features are superb. The Pantages premiere is even more special to me because i had the privilege of attending that premiere at the Pantages Theatre at the age of 19. I remember that night vividly. This new DVD brings it all back so clearly. If you were not there, buy this DVD and see what glamour and what Hollywood was like back in those early 50's days... The restoration of the film is absolutely specatacular, the color, the sounds and more than anything else THE GARLAND VOICE is there to thrill you for years to come. It was worth the wait I shall be watching this one for a long long time.Movie Review: A Garland for Her
Summary: 5 Stars
In love Judy Garland, and I'd marry her (if she'd have me) if she were alive today. Only Louis Armstrong is able to do what she can do at her best, which is to rise to the level of true greatness both in technique and in expression. Just watch the three versions of "The Man That Got Away" available on this disc's side two. This great Ira Gershwin/Harold Arlen standard is presented in three different takes, and if I were the director of this movie, I wouldn't want to lose any of them since Garland absolutely nails the song each time. I don't know which is the best version, since she does some different stage business each time. This alone is worth the whole disc, but the medly-like "Born in a Trunk," which is an exteneded scene in itself, almost its own musical, puts everything over the top. This is essential stuff which is of great value in the history of American popular music ( and of movies).Movie Review: "Star" is shining on DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
The much awaited DVD release of "A Star is Born" is finally here. The release was delayed several months, and those of us who tryly love this film hoped that the delay meant that a complete print of the uncut original roadshow film had somehow been located. We have been grateful with the reconstruction, although stills had to be used where footage was not available. Someone must have this footage, as the film was in general release when the cuts were made. Even so, it is so great to see it in DVD and in widescreen. Warners treatment of their musicals is usually pretty shabby, and it took them a LONG time to release "Star" on DVD and widescreen. it seems that every other movie in their catalog was released EXCEPT "Star". The ghost of Jack Warner in action? He hated the film and Judy and Sid Luft as well.